Marie
GENEST
Andre-Joseph LIPPE 
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Birth — 1824
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
1841 Marriage / Partner
1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)1844 Birth of Child 1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)1846 Birth of Child1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1853 Birth of Child1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.1857 Birth of Child1860 Birth of Child1862 Birth of Child1864 Birth of Child1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)
1873 Death of Spouse/Partner1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1874 Marriage of Child1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada1882 Marriage of Child1882 Marriage of Child1883 Marriage of Child 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)1887 Marriage of Child1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.1890 Marriage of Child1890 Death of Child 1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1895 Marriage of Child1895 Marriage of Child1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of CanadaDeath — 1900View charts and other tools for this ancestor and family.
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